Filmed just over a century after the first tank battle in 1918, this documentary series explores how the vehicles forever changed warfare.
Practical Effects
Rare restored Mark IV footage that looks impossibly ancient.
Production
Archival maps animated to show how slow these beasts actually moved.
Director
Almut Faass
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The word 'tank' was British military deception — they pretended these were water carriers for Mesopotamia.
Only nine surviving WWI tanks exist worldwide; the doc filmed three of them running, which may never happen again.
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